Hi, I’ve compiled a list of observations of trilliums infected with phytoplasma: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HBaeYney3OlqtaxB5xk8QbVoATzsIOz0pDcHgx4kVjE/edit?usp=sharing What is the best way to tag these observations for searching purposes? Thanks, Tom

Creating a project and manually adding those observations to it would probably be your best bet. I think that’s the only way to really categorize observations from other users while keeping it on the site.

Check to see if there is an observation field you can use, even something general like infection, or Infected with, and add it there, or even create a new one, and put it there. Much better than doing a project, as it is structured, exportable data. Sorry normally I would look for one as a hint to …

Maybe try asking authors if they can make a duplicate observation wirh pathogen?

https://inaturalist.org/observation_fields/ probably the most useful would be: https://inaturalist.org/observation_fields/3139 which allows you to add an iNat taxon as the infecting agent. You can then click on the fieldname to search on all observations having this field (anything infected by an…

I like the suggestion of using projects. I’m planning to count Trillium in my area and I didn’t even know there was a pathogen I should be trying to observer too. A project would grab my attention in this case. I would comply if there’s a further explanation on the project to tag an observation for…

You can export all observations from a project. E.g. export like: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export?projects=flowering-plants-of-ethiopia Sadly I don’t think you can specify an observation field as a filter for inclusion in a collection project, as that would be a nice easy way to c…

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I’m guessing that an observation field should do the trick. The abnormal greening of plant parts (virescence) that one observes in Trillium species (and presumably other species) may be caused by Phytoplasma, I don’t know, but even if that turns out to be true, it…

Aha, something like “fish disease symptoms” may do the trick: https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/27 Comments welcome.

There’re fields with choice of “answers”, if you create your own one you probably can set it (and from what I read on Dead Birds you can edit it later).

Have a go at creating one, and then experiment with using it. You can always delete it after your tests. Basically, have your list of allowable values and seperate each item with a pipe (vertical bar) character. The create field page defaults to text type, and has an example: Allowed values Separ…

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